In December of 2022, Pro-life leader Frank Pavone was informed through the media that Pope Francis had removed him from the priesthood. In this message, just days after he found out, he offers a Christmas Eve message of hope, prayerfully asking for the intercession of Saint Padre Pio to help restore him to the clerical state. Also says, firmly: “I’m not going anywhere! Our pro-life work isn’t slowing down one bit!” And in the time since then, it hasn’t.